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ALT Kathryn will go into industry upon graduation. Her area of research was in discerning the mathematical principles for visualizing high-dimensional data and their applications to data visualization. Kathryn designed a new method to visualize high-dimensional data, and published it in Journal of Computational Science. She also worked on mathematical principles behind the popular tool of data visualization called t-SNE. She was advised by Roman Vershynin and Anna Ma. Her fondest spot on campus was anywhere in Aldrich Park, especially when the trees bloomed during spring.
ALT Q: Knowing what you do now, is there any advice you'd tell yourself as an undergraduate that you feel could have helped you do more of what you want? How about as a graduate?A: I would tell my undergraduate self to reach out more to faculty whose research interests I found interesting. Now that I am a graduate student I realize how responsive a lot of faculty are to undergraduates doing research, even if it is just a reading course during a single quarter.
ALT Q: What is something you did (or maybe didn't do) as an undergraduate that helped you in that time that you feel more people would benefit from knowing?A: One of the things I did as an undergraduate student that really prepared me for graduate school was participating in undergraduate research opportunities like REUs. They give you a glimpse into what graduate school is like so you can make an informed decision as to whether graduate school is a good fit for you. Q: Did anything in graduate school pop up that more people would also benefit from knowing?Throughout my time in graduate school I participated in many different Graduate Division programs and seminars that have consistently helped me. They offer a lot of different resources that can not only help with your presentation/research skills, but also professional skills you can take with you beyond grad school. They are an underutilized resource on campus and I would encourage any grad student to look at the programs they offer.
